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The easiest way to sabotage all the work you have done so far is to skip this lesson. Writing is as much a discipline as it is an art, and to ensure
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The former French colony of Ubangi-Shari became the Central African Republic upon independence in 1960. After three tumultuous decades of misrule - m
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This atoll is a volcanic rock surrounded by reefs and is awash at high tide. A French possession since 1897, it was placed under the administration o
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Named in 1643 for the day of its discovery, the island was annexed and settlement was begun by the UK in 1888. Phosphate mining began in the 1890s. T
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Discovered and claimed for Spain in 1499, Aruba was acquired by the Dutch in 1636. The island's economy has been dominated by three main industries.
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The Arctic Ocean is the smallest of the world's five oceans.The Northwest Passage (US and Canada) and Northern Sea Route (Norway and Russia) are two
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Jamaica gained full independence within the British Commonwealth in 1962. Deteriorating economic conditions during the 1970s led to recurrent violenc
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After World War II, Czechoslovakia fell within the Soviet sphere of influence. In 1968, an invasion by Warsaw Pact troops ended the efforts of the co
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The island of Jersey and the other Channel Islands represent the last remnants of the medieval Dukedom of Normandy that held sway in both France and
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Following World War II, Korea was split with the northern half coming under Communist domination and the southern portion becoming Western oriented.
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Known as Persia until 1935, Iran became an Islamic republic in 1979 after the ruling shah was forced into exile.
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The Maldives were long a sultanate, first under Dutch and then under British protection. They became a republic in 1968, three years after independen
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El Salvador achieved independence from Spain in 1821 and from the Central American Federation in 1839.
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A legacy of unsettled, mostly nonrepresentative, rule for much of the 20th century was brought to an end in 1996 when free and open elections ushered
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Colonized by the Portuguese in the 16th century, Macau was the first European settlement in the Far East.
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